Hat-pin protector



(-No Model.)

J. J. BENNETT.

HAT PIN PROTECTOR.

No. 579,558. Patented Mar. 30, I897.

FFlQEt JOHN J. BENNETT, OF TAYLORSTOVN, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAT-Pl N PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,558, dated March30, 1897. Application filed September 22, 1896. Serial NO. 606,643. (Nomodel.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. BENNETT, acitizen of the United States,residing at Taylorstown, in the county of lVashington and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Hat-Pin, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to hat-pins, and has for its object to provide asimple and efficient protector for covering and shielding the point ofthe pin, said protector being capable of being easily and quicklyattached or detached from the point of the pin, and when attached beingsecurely looked upon the pin, so as to avoid accidental displacement.

The invention consists in certain novel features and details ofconstruction, as hereinafter particularly described, illustrated in thedrawings, and embodied in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing ahat-pin and the protector applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a detailperspective view of the protector per se. Fig. 3 is a sectional view ofthe protector, showing also the point of the pin in elevation.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in theseveral figures of the drawings.

The improved protector contemplated in the present invention, whileespecially designed for hat-pins, may be employed for shielding thepoints of other pins and is in itself susceptible of changes in theform, proportion, and minor details of construction which may beresorted to without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of the invention.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a pin which for the purpose ofcarrying out this invention is provided near its pointed end with anannular depression 2. The pin 1 may have a head 3 of any preferred sizeor shape.

4: designates the improved protector, the same comprising a tube orsleeve 5, which is open at one end and closed at the other end by meansof a spring-strip 6. This springstrip is bent into circular form andsecured in any convenient manner at its central portion to the tube orsleeve 5, being rigidly connected thereto. The free ends of the strip 6are overlapped just in front of the open end of the sleeve 5, and eachof said ends is provided with an opening 7, preferably of ellipticalshape. Normally the free ends of the strip 6 bear the relation to eachother illustrated in Fig. 2, in which it will be seen that the openings7 are thrown out of alinement with each other and with the open end ofthe sleeve 5.

11cm it is desired to apply the protector to the point of the pin, thethumb and forefinger are pressed against the sides of-the strip 6 untilthe openings 7 are brought into aline- .ment with each other and withthe open end of the sleeve 5. The protector is then passed over thepoint of the pin and pushed thereon, pressure being at the same timeremoved from the strip (5, thus allowing the free ends of the strip tomove in opposite directions, whereupon the ends of the openings 7 willbind in the annular depressions 2 of the pin in the manner shown inFigs. 1 and 3 and prevent the protector from becoming accidentallydisplaced from the point of the pin, while allowing said protector to beforcibly withdrawn. By making the depression 2 in the form of a narrowgroove with an abrupt shoulder toward the point of the pin the protectormay not even be forcibly removed, but only by pressing the strip 6inward in the manner described.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that a very cheap,simple, and efficient protector is provided and that the same may beeasily and quickly placed upon and removed from the point of a pin, andthat while the protectoris in place the pin-point is effectively guardedand prevented from injuring the person or clothing of the wearer.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Aprotector for the points of pins, consisting of a spring-strip bent intosubstantially circular form and having its ends overlapped and providedwith openings for the passage of the pointed end of the pin, the endsnormally tending to spring apart when the pin is in the openings andthereby clamp the protector on the pin, substantially as described.

2. A protector for pin-points, consisting of a spring-strip bent intosubstantially circular form and having its free ends overlapped andprovided with openings, and a tube or sleeve attached to said strip andhaving its open end arranged in proximal relation to the free ends ofthe strip, substantially as described.

3. Aprotector for pins, consisting of ainetal strip bent intosubstantially circular form and having its free ends overlapped andprovided with openings, and a tube or sleeve secured rigidly to thecentral portion of said strip and having an open end adjacent to thefree ends of the strip, the openings in the strip ends being normallyout of alineinent With each other and with the open end of the sleeve,substantially as described.

4. A hat-pin, provided near its point with a depression, in combinationWith a protector consisting of a tube or sleeve adapted to slip over thepoint of the pin, and a spring-strip attached to said tube or sleeve andprovided at its free end with an opening for the passage of the pin,said strip being adapted to engage the depression in the pin and tointerlock therewith, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

JOHN J. BENNETT.

\Vitnesses:

RoBT. PARKINSON, J r., ALVAN DORMAN.

